Bobcat sightings on the rise

4:24 PM,
Feb. 23, 2013

Written by

Don Pagath

The sightings of bobcats are increasing. In 2012, I wrote about them being spotted on Ohio 345, and now they have been seen off Clay Pike in Muskingum County. A friend of mine, Glen Blanton, sent me a trail cam picture of a bobcat his neighbor, Donny German, had gotten around the first of this year. The cat was walking up a four-wheeler trail.

I looked up some information on Wikipedia on the feline, and here are some facts.

There are 12 subspecies and they range from southern Canada to northern Mexico and most of the continental United States. They are well adapted to almost every environment; semi ...